I think we all want to Cross To Safety, even if we are not always sure what the means or what it is. I think every day of crossing to safety, and I see where I want to go – a simpler place, a meaningful place, a calm place of challenge and creativity and ease. Is there such a place for humans in an evolving world?

I think there is, I think there is for me.That is the spiritual choice, the Leap of Faith, the belief. For me the frightening part is crossing over, it’s the river, the paths, the darkness on the way. But I know where I want to go, and I believe it is, in one form or another,a universal desire, the thing all of us want, the thing that unites us. I have this strange sense that it is the place where animals come from, the place where animals go. They are not needy to me, not piteous, they are strong and powerful and can sometimes show us the way.